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New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28

Inside Climate News

‘Despite decades of warnings, we are still heading in the wrong direction’ By Bob Berwyn Research released this week raises new questions about how much more Earth may warm, or cool, if and when human carbon dioxide emissions zero out.

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Helping Washington’s Coastal Forests Prepare for the Future

Washington Nature

Ellsworth Creek Preserve: A Living Laboratory for Forest Resiliency Read a high level overview of the scientific paper featured in this story over at Cool Green Science. In addition to sopping up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, old-growth forests may be better at adapting to a changing environment than younger forests.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

It would require standardized reporting of GHG emissions (primarily carbon dioxide and methane) by firms doing business in California with total annual revenues more than $1 billion. [19] Scope 2 emissions” means “indirect” GHG emissions from “consumed electricity, steam, heating, or cooling purchased or acquired by a reporting entity.”

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Is Bitcoin Bad For The Environment?

Environment Blog

Typically, miners want to operate from cool climates because this helps minimise the temperature of the mining farm which, in turn, keeps running costs down. megatons of carbon dioxide during the same period. Another miner set up his entire mining operation in the desert. Terawatt hours of electricity a year, but produces 17.3